Public Health

Stimulant deaths

Fatal overdoses involving stimulants have spiked. Local health officials are responding.

N.J. reaches 'landmark' settlement worth up to $2 billion with chemical companies for PFAS contamination

New Jersey PFAS

Bucks County nonprofits warn proposed funding cuts in biomedical research threaten advances in public health

Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center

Mayor Cherelle Parker shakes up administration, naming new leaders for two major initiatives

Mayor Parker appointments

A Chester County student's financial hardships inspired him to start a nonprofit that gives out hygiene kits

Daniel Kwon Plover International

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis. A specialist on child victims weighs in

To prevent infant deaths, 250 pregnant women in Philly will get $1,000 per month – with no strings attached

Philly Joy Bank

New measles case reported in Philadelphia region

What's inside Mayor Cherelle Parker's first budget proposal

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Philly confirms another case of measles in ongoing outbreak

Measles outbreak

'Unhoused' exhibit at Mütter Museum explores homelessness as public health issue

Homeless exhibit Mütter

Neil Makhija's election Montgomery County Commissioners marks a pair of historic firsts

Monto Commissioner Neil Makhija Courthouse

All Pa. Medicaid recipients are due for renewal, but applications have been sparse

medicaid renewals pennsylvania

Loneliness epidemic affects half of American adults, but there are many ways to get connected

Loneliness Surgeon General

Pennsylvania to make animal sedative xylazine a schedule III drug

White House gives xylazine unprecedented 'emerging threat' designation

Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but many adults are still unaware

Wastewater surveillance covid

The term 'men who have sex with men' focuses on behavior instead of identity – but some don't think it helps

MSM identity

U.S. declares public health emergency over monkeypox as virus spreads

COVID-19 cases are spiking, but Philly isn't reinstating a mask mandate

Philly ends COVID-19 mask mandate for most indoor spaces

Philly Mask Mandate Lifted

Penn Medicine, Wharton School initiative seeks to improve health of lower-income Philly residents

Penn Medicine Wharton School Fund for Health

MOVE victims' remains returned to Africa family, city begins investigation

MOVE bombing remains returned to family

Drinking coffee reduces risk of liver disease and cancer, study shows

Coffee Liver

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors

Seat Belt Rates

Drexel University to launch Center on Racism and Health

Drexel Racism Health

New CDC coronavirus testing guidelines draw sharp criticism from health experts

CDC changes COVID-19 testing guidelines

Philly suburbs poised to enter COVID-19 green phase on June 26

Wolf Philly Suburbs

Philly enters COVID-19 yellow phase on Friday, outdoor dining allowed June 12

Philly COVID-19 Yellow Two

Mayor Kenney presses D.A. Krasner to 'vigorously' prosecute Philly's gun cases during coronavirus pandemic

Kenney Gun Crime Krasner

Philly health commissioner urges 14-day quarantine for recent travelers to New York City

COVID-19 NYC Philly

What are Philly's essential and non-essential businesses during coronavirus restrictions?

Philly Essential Businesses

Charles Barkley's 180° on coronavirus pandemic mirrors stubborn shift in public perception

Philly seeks refining ban on toxic chemical released in PES explosion

PES Hydrofluoric acid

Shuttered Philly refinery measured worst in U.S. for cancer-causing benzene, report says

PES Benzene Refinery

Since the Industrial Revolution, 'normal' body temperature has changed

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

Philly health department reports annual decrease in HIV diagnoses

HIV 2018 Philly

Benjamin Franklin High School, Science Leadership Academy closed after asbestos detected in building

1001_BenFranklin asbestos

Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

Hepatitis A races across the country

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